What could this object be or what was it used for?

[msc545]

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So yes, It is Roman and it does have the shape of a dodecahedron. So now we know the proper name for the shape and who presumably made it. However:

WHAT IS IT? WHAT WAS IT USED FOR?

[NathanDavis]

the Romans didn't have G@G... so that's how they measured their dicks

would find their corresponding gauge, then point it to people and ask "is it big enough?"

[msc545]

Did they also have Gag?

[andreasderjuengere]

An anal sex toy for advanced users?

[andreasderjuengere]

haha... thanks :)

[Agape93]

Probably for measuring. The brass nodes are equally spaced from each other and looks like it could be rolled. Like say, each node to node is 5 inches, like that

[DermalPunch]

Likely some corresponding tubes or containers slid into it.

[DermalPunch]

Candles?

[msc545]

maybe, but what were the tubes or containers for?

[msc545]

maybe so!

[DermalPunch]

Spices, documents, bullets

[msc545]

There were no bullets or guns when these were made.

[DermalPunch]

Other type of Weaponry

[msc545]

possibly.

[Googlemyahoo]

They have no documentation or records describing what the Roman dodecahedron was used for.

I postulate it was used to secure either overhead tarps, or covers as joints between fabric with rope going through the holes and tightened on the nobs.

[On_cloud_wine]

For the bottom of a fish tank for teeny weeny tropical fish can swim through and play hide-n-seek

[nolabels]

I remember seeing a supposed possible description of it, among many, as being a child's toy, the details of which escape me at the moment.

Interesting.

[kuffs]

Its for making gloves. You use the posts to wrap the yarn and it feeds out the big hole. I saw it on tv years ago.

[msc545]

I don't think so, but nice try. It is far too old to be what you describe.

[kuffs]

It really is. Seriously. Roman I believe. They would use them. They are found on sites of old battles.

[kuffs]

Roman dodecahedron

[msc545]

It is a Roman artifact
but I don't think it was used for making gloves

[FunkyMonkee]

It's an electro-spaztic generator.
Or a Wankle rotary engine.

[BoopBoopBeep]

A treat dispenser for an ancient rescue kitten

[msc545]

great answer!

[LiamJHayden]

Without doing a search I am stumped.

[msc545]

Even a search will not provide an answer.

[LiamJHayden]

Now I don't feel quite so dense.

[KrakenAttackin]

It's the casing of a flux capacitor.

[msc545]

You might actually be right about this. It could be an alien artifact.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Paper Weight?

[AngryCarl2]

I thought paperweight too. Useless it is for aught else.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

@AngryCarl2 is it possible it was a weapon & it got shot out of a cannon?

[msc545]

It obviously is not useless as there were many of them made and nobody would have bothered making them if they were useless.

[msc545]

I was thinking that it possibly was a throwing weapon of some kind

[AngryCarl2]

If it wasn't full of holes it could be a spaceship. If it was coated in cavorite.

[LavLavLuv]

Decoration?